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THE FOSS HEATON GLAD GARDENS, CRESTON, IOWA 
PURPLE QUEEN 
(Kunderd). Early mid-season. Ridgway: Aster Purple. 
Similar in color to Chas. Dickens, but more subdued. More open at one time, but 
not so tall stem. Very good keeper as a cut flower. 
RAMESSES 
(Stevens). Mid-season. Ridgway: Rosolane Purple. 
A giant in flower. A ruffled deep reddish purple. A very tall but somewhat 
loosely built spike. Very unusual Glad. 
BLUE 
AVE MARIA 
(Pfitzer). Early mid-season. Ridgway: Light Lobelia Violet, feather Roso¬ 
lane Purple. (22nd). 
An easy growing, very prolific blue-violet. Considered one of the very best of 
the lighter blues. Fine in every way. The blotch does not detract. 
GERALDINE FARRAR 
(Diener). Late mid-season. Ridgway: Lavender, feather Livid Purple. (44th 
in 1931). 
In a rather trying season this Glad stood the drouth fully as well as any Glad 
on the farm. The spikes were uniformly of the highest quality, with fine flower 
heads and fine blooms. It has undoubtedly become used to our climate and soil. The 
only true lavender color in Glads. One example of a Glad’s improving, rather than 
going back, through the years. 
GERTRUDE PFITZER 
(Pfitzer). Mid-season. Ridgway: Pale Lobelia Violet, feather Hortense Violet. 
A light blue-violet that never fades- Tall graceful spikes, large blooms of fine 
form. Very strong grower, and dependable. 
MRS. VAN KONYNENBURG 
(Pfitzer) Mid-season. Ridgway: Deep Lavender, feather Rosolane Purple. 
(29th). '! 1 , 
Regarded as the nearest to blue in Glads. The spikes are very tall, and should 
be staked or planted deep. Florets sometimes slightly irregular in placement, but 
are very large and wide-open. A very good blue. 
PELEGRINA 
(Pfitzer). Early mid-season. Ridgway: Bradley’s Violet. 
Looks like the best of the dark blue-violets. Many open, with most of the un¬ 
opened buds showing color. Fine spike, well placed large blooms- Color a very dark 
blue violet, rich and glistening. 
VEILCHENBLAU 
(Pfitzer). Mid-season. Ridgway: Deep Hyssop Violet, feather Amaranth 
Purple. (19th). 
A rich blue Glad. A strong, vigorous grower. The dark blue buds and fine 
Iris-blue open flowers are beautiful. One of the best of all Glads for years. Bulb- 
lets are hard to sprout. 
SMOKY 
EMILE AUBRUN 
(Lemoine). Late. Ridgway: Begonia Rose, buds Spectrum Red, blotch Pome¬ 
granate Purple. (11th). 
This Glad is rising in the Popularity Vote- A well grown Aubrun is gorgeous. 
Many large wide-open blooms of the winged type. The color is a deep begonia rose, 
or rosy red, with a sort of a slaty overcast, and a red blotch. 
JOHN T. PIRIE 
(Kunderd). Mid-season. Ridgway: Neutral Red, blotch Carmine, bordered 
Barium Yellow. 
A smoky red that is very popular. Extremely tall. A sort of mahogany brown, 
lighted up by a diamond-shaped red blotch bordered cream. 
